Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974
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Name (Latin)
Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974
Other forms of name
Gloucester, Henry, Prince, Duke of, 1900-1974
Henry William Frederick Albert, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974
Date of birth
1900-03-31
Date of death
1974-06-10
Gender
male
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, April 11, 2025(Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; Henry William Frederick Albert; born 31 March 1900 (York College, Sandringham, England); third son of King George V and Queen Mary, and younger brother of kings Edward VIII and George VI; had fragile health as a young child; he attended St Peter's Court in Broadstairs for 3 years (1910-1913), becoming the first son of a British monarch to attend school; started at Eton College in 1913; entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1919 with his brother Albert, and by then was in good health; attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1919 for Army training, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 16 July 1919; promoted to lieutenant in the 10th Royal Hussars on 16 July 1921; had various promotions up to his final active rank of major on 6 July 1935; sent by George V on tours to Japan (1929) to confer the Garter on the Emperor, and to attend the coronation of Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1930); following his brother's abdication and the accession of his brother the Duke of York as George VI, Prince Henry was retired from active duty, and received a ceremonial promotion to major-general on 1 January 1937, as well as a Royal Air Force commission as air vice-marshal the same day; continued to serve in his new role as personal aide-de-camp to his eldest brother, Edward VIII; with the outbreak of World War II he joined the British Expeditionary Force; on 31 March 1928 his father created him Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden, titles linking him with three parts of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland and Scotland); in 1934 George V made him a Knight of St Patrick, Ireland's chivalric order; at the time of his death, he was the only remaining such knight; in 1934 he went on a tour to Australia and New Zealand where he was well received; after that tour he married Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, sister of his good friend; with the abdication of Edward VIII, he was obliged to support his brother George VI and be more involved in official events; he served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947; he represented Queen Elizabeth II during the Malayan Declaration of Independence on 31 August 1957; in later years he suffered a series of strokes, first in 1965 when returning from Sir Winston Churchill's funeral ceremony; died 10 June 1974 (Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire, England))
- Frankland, N. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, c1980 (subj.)t.p. (Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester) p. xiv (1900-74)
- Debrett's peerage, 1972-73(Duke of Gloucester H.R.H. Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, K.G., K.T., K.P.; b. Mar. 31, 1900)